Publication: [1831] Depositional environments and dispersal system of the Parkwood Formation (Carboniferous) on the northwest limb of the Cahaba Syncline, Jefferson County, Alabama




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 7 25818 33.5 -86.47 North American fluvial deltaic ripple marks sandstone
2 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 7 25818 33.52 -86.5 North American fluvial deltaic ripple marks sandstone
3 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 7 25818 33.49 -86.44 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone
4 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 7 25818 33.48 -86.42 North American fluvial deltaic ripple marks sandstone
5 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 7 25818 33.49 -86.44 North American fluvial deltaic ripple marks sandstone
6 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 7 25818 33.5 -86.47 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone
7 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 7 25818 33.52 -86.5 North American fluvial deltaic crossbedding sandstone